A BRONZE MODEL OF SVYATOSLAV, GRAND PRINCE OF KIEV CAST BY GAVRILOV, AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY On a naturalistic rectangular base, realistically cast as Svyatoslav, Grand Duke of Kiev, astride his horse raising his sword, one side of the base applied with a plaque inscribed in Russian quoting Svyatoslav 'We would rather fall in battle than bring shame on Russia's lands / Svyatoslav, on the road to Tsargrad in 970’, signed on base in Cyrillic ‘E. Lanceray', also with Cyrillic foundry mark 'Cast [by] V.Z. Gavrilov' 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide Provenance Nina Zouboff (1929-2018).
A BRONZE MODEL OF SVYATOSLAV, GRAND PRINCE OF KIEV CAST BY GAVRILOV, AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY On a naturalistic rectangular base, realistically cast as Svyatoslav, Grand Duke of Kiev, astride his horse raising his sword, one side of the base applied with a plaque inscribed in Russian quoting Svyatoslav 'We would rather fall in battle than bring shame on Russia's lands / Svyatoslav, on the road to Tsargrad in 970’, signed on base in Cyrillic ‘E. Lanceray', also with Cyrillic foundry mark 'Cast [by] V.Z. Gavrilov' 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide Provenance Nina Zouboff (1929-2018).
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